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 Andy's top 2023

Another year begins. This time I'm adding Country of origin next to the rating and genre.

2024
2022
2021…

1.Blackbraid - Blackbraid II
2.Wayfarer - American Gothic
3.Hellripper - Warlocks Grim & Withered Hags
4.Varathron - The Crimson Temple
5.Shylmagoghnar - Convergence

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Created by AndyMetalFreak on 03.01.2023



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 2023: Jan-Jun

Same deal as always - scenes if I somehow manage to break the 1200-album record I hit last year…

1.Sermon - Of Golden Verse
2.Ne Obliviscaris - Exul
3.Fvnerals - Let The Earth Be Silent
4.Enslaved - Heimdal
5.Moonreich - Amer

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Created by musclassia on 04.01.2023



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 My Favorite Albums Of 2023

Pretty much everything I’ve listened to this year, let me know what I’ve missed and what you’ve found and cheers to 2024 being even better 🍻

Check out my seven favorite album covers that I’ve looked…

1.Silent Planet - Superbloom
2.Sermon - Of Golden Verse
3.Voice Of Baceprot - Retas
4.Bees Made Honey In The Vein Tree - Aion
5.TesseracT - War Of Being

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Created by Vellichor on 06.01.2023



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 2023 Album Ranking

1.Wayfarer - American Gothic
2.Blackbraid - Blackbraid II
3.Labyrinthus Stellarum - Tales Of The Void
4.Moonlight Sorcery - Horned Lord Of The Thorned Castle
5.Shylmagoghnar - Convergence

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Created by Anghellic67 on 02.01.2023



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 Oldy's 2023 Albums Ranked

1.Sulphur Aeon - Seven Crowns And Seven Seals
2.Cattle Decapitation - Terrasite
3.Horrendous - Ontological Mysterium
4.Fires In The Distance - Air Not Meant For Us
5.Wayfarer - American Gothic

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Created by Oldy86 on 19.06.2023



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 Journey Through 2023

This is my list of newly released Albums that I listened/will listen to in 2023.
The records are presented in order of release date and I will rate them when I´m certain that I formed an opinion on them,…

1.Ὁπλίτης - Ψ ε υ δ ο μ έ ν η
2.Rye - В с ё
3.Esoctrilihum - Funeral
4.Great Cold Emptiness - Immaculate Hearts Will Triumph
5.Walg - III

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Created by pandrstudios on 28.06.2023



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 2023

My very subjective ranking of all heard metal and metal-adjacent albums 2023.

1.Fleshvessel - Yearning: Promethean Fates Sealed
2.Liturgy - 93696
3.Dead Times - Dead Times
4.Vvon Dogma I - The Kvlt Of Glitch
5.Agriculture - Agriculture

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Created by Jacob Butcher on 15.04.2023



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 2023: Best Album Art

The best album art of 2023. I usually gravitate towards album covers based on these factors:
-Level of detail (Foreground, background, etc. One dimensional album covers don't work for me usually)
-Art…

1.Atavistia - Cosmic Warfare
2.Cattle Decapitation - Terrasite
3.Whalesong - Leaving A Dream
4.Morwinyon - Wastelands
5.Oak - Disintegrate

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Created by 24emd on 12.08.2023



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 2023

1.Thantifaxath - Hive Mind Narcosis
2.Gravenchalice - Messiah
3.Blackbraid - Blackbraid II
4.Fleshvessel - Yearning: Promethean Fates Sealed
5.Hasard - Malivore

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Created by Vurlok on 10.02.2023



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 1-Track Albums

It is standard that albums contain several different songs that are separated by distinct track markers. Sometimes, these songs may contribute to one story, which is the case on concept albums. The next,…

1.Abruptum - In Umbra Malitae Ambulabo, In Aeternum In Triumpho Tenebrarum
2.Abruptum - Vi Sonus Veris Nigrae Malitiaes
3.Agalloch - Faustian Echoes
4.Alkerdeel - Dyodyo Asema [Collaboration]
5.Bell Witch - Mirror Reaper

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Created by Plattner on 14.03.2024



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 Top Albums Of 2023

This list will contain both full studio albums and EP's…

1.Cattle Decapitation - Terrasite
2.Sanguisugabogg - Homicidal Ecstasy
3.Hellripper - Warlocks Grim & Withered Hags
4.Sarcoptes - Prayers To Oblivion
5.Fires In The Distance - Air Not Meant For Us

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Created by KaninStryparn on 03.01.2023



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 2023: A Rough Ranking

2023 here we go. My target for the year is 100+ albums, at a rule of 2 albums a week minimum.

1.Nospūn - Opus
2.Periphery - Periphery V: Djent Is Not A Genre
3.Sleep Token - Take Me Back To Eden
4.Crow Black Sky - Sidereal Light: Volume Two
5.Against Myself - Tides Of Insanity

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Created by 24emd on 03.01.2023



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 Best Of 2023 Death Metal

Hello there. Below lie my favorite death metal records of 2023 listed alphabetically by band name, with subgenres included if by chance anyone cares. The list will be updated periodically when I get through…

1.Absolutism - Asynchronous
2.Afterbirth - In But Not Of
3.Ahab - The Coral Tombs
4.Alkaloid - Numen
5.Altarage - Worst Case Scenario

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Created by Jaro on 03.01.2024



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 My Personal Top Metal Albums Of 2023

1.Shylmagoghnar - Convergence
2.Sacred Outcry - Towers Of Gold
3.Fires In The Distance - Air Not Meant For Us
4.Cattle Decapitation - Terrasite
5.Moonlight Sorcery - Horned Lord Of The Thorned Castle

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Created by PapiIguana on 15.12.2023



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 2023 Albums Ranking

1.Ne Obliviscaris - Exul
2.Alkaloid - Numen
3.Cattle Decapitation - Terrasite
4.Sulphur Aeon - Seven Crowns And Seven Seals
5.Horrendous - Ontological Mysterium

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Created by RockwiththeDoc on 01.03.2023